Opies UK Limited
Active Company no. 05941877 Incorporated Sep 2006 Retail & Wholesale SS postcode area
4 Capricorn Centre, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, SS14 3JJ
The most recent insolvency notice for Opies UK Limited is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 07 October 2026 in The London Gazette. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 April 2026, showed total assets of £29k and net assets of -£77k. Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.
Last filed balance sheet
As at 30 April 2026 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 5 months before the first insolvency notice
Total liabilities is not shown for this company: the filed balance sheet did not reconcile against the figures we could read, so the total would be incomplete.
Average employees during the period: 1
Insolvency notices (1)
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Meetings of creditors (CVL) 07 Oct 2026
A virtual creditors' meeting for OPIES UK LIMITED is scheduled for 15 October 2026 to consider the nomination of liquidators and related matters.
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What the public record showed for this company before its insolvency notice:
- Its last filed accounts, to April 2026, already showed negative net assets of -£77k, 5 months before the first insolvency notice.
Each of these is visible months before a Gazette notice. Directors who act at that stage keep far more options open, from an informal turnaround to a CVA or restructuring plan.
Frequently asked questions
Is Opies UK Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Opies UK Limited (company no. 05941877) is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 07 October 2026 in The London Gazette. Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.
What were Opies UK Limited's last filed accounts?
Opies UK Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 April 2026, showed total assets of £29k, cash of £4k, net assets of -£77k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Opies UK Limited have?
Opies UK Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Meetings of creditors (CVL) on 07 October 2026.
Financial figures are taken from the company's own last accounts filed at Companies House. Small and micro-entity accounts are unaudited, and for a company entering an insolvency process the most recent filing frequently predates that process by a year or more. Figures are indicative and are not a valuation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.